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Allegiant vs Advocate - What's the difference?

allegiant | advocate |

As an adjective allegiant

is steadfastly loyal, especially to a monarch or government.

As a noun advocate is

someone whose job is to speak for someone's case in a court of law; a counsel.

As a verb advocate is

(label) to plead in favour of; to defend by argument, before a tribunal or the public; to support, vindicate, or recommend publicly.

allegiant

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Steadfastly loyal, especially to a monarch or government.
  • * 1623 , , Act 3, Scene 2,
  • For your great graces / Heap'd upon me, poor undeserver, I / Can nothing render but allegiant thanks, / My prayers to heaven for you, my loyalty, / Which ever has and ever shall be growing, / Till death, that winter, kill it.
  • * 1914 , , Chapter L,
  • In another group, still allegiant to the gangsters, were men such as Shorty, Sorensen, Lars Jacobsen, and Larry.
  • * 1979 , Paul Bew, Peter Gibbon, Henry Patterson, The State in Northern Ireland, 1921-72: Political Forces and Social Classes , page 84,
  • The fully allegiant group accepted the ultimate sovereignty of the British government.

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    advocate

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Someone whose job is to speak for someone's case in a court of law; a counsel.
  • Anyone who argues the case of another; an intercessor.
  • * c. 1591 , (William Shakespeare), Richard III , First Folio 1623:
  • I neuer did incense his Maiestie / Against the Duke of Clarence, but haue bin / An earnest aduocate to plead for him.
  • A person who speaks in support of something.
  • * 2011 , Alix Lee, The Guardian , 9 Oct 2011:
  • He became a tireless advocate for the needs of adults with IMD throughout Britain and internationally.
  • A person who supports others to make their voices heard, or ideally for them to speak up for themselves.
  • ''Since she started working with her advocate , she has become much more confident.

    Derived terms

    * devil's advocate

    Verb

    (advocat)
  • (label) To plead in favour of; to defend by argument, before a tribunal or the public; to support, vindicate, or recommend publicly.
  • * (and other bibliographic particulars) Bishop Sanderson
  • * (and other bibliographic particulars) (Burke)
  • (label) To encourage support for something.
  • To engage in advocacy.
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